By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2024
Crime, News
Police investigators have launched a probe into the attempted execution of 36-year-old Tucville, Georgetown resident, Winston Hazel. The man was shot multiple times to his body on Tuesday night just as he drove up to the entrance to his yard. According to a Police report, the incident took place just after 7pm. Hazel was driving […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2024
News, Politics
The Guyana Teachers’ Union has revealed that a small number of teachers have returned to their classrooms in light of the Government’s decision to cut their salaries. However, the President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte, today said the majority of teachers remain resolute, and are not prepared to head back to school […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2024
News, Politics
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has declared that the government is not fazed by the moves by the Guyana Teachers’ Union to challenge the Government’s decision to cut the salaries of striking teachers, as it maintains that the strike is illegal. The Ministries of Education and Local Government announced on Monday that they will be deducting […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2024
Education, News
The Ministry of Education’s Allied Arts Unit has confirmed that it disqualified a young singer in the Children’s Mashramani Calypso competition, declaring that the calypso piece did not follow the rules of the competition. The song about the cost of living and the recent 6.5% salary increase for public servants has become a hit on […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2024
News, Politics
More than 50 drivers and salesmen from local conglomerate, Banks DIH Limited, parked their trucks in protest today, over the company’s commission package for sales. The workers have accused the company of repeatedly failing to offer them a “reasonable” commission on their monthly sales. As they stood outside of the new Banks DIH’s multi-million dollar […]
By News Source Guyana on February 13, 2024
News, Politics
The Guyana Teachers’ Union has initiated Court action, seeking to block the Government from its plan to cut the salaries of striking teachers, and to get the Government to continue deducting union dues from the salaries of teachers for the union. In an application to the Court this afternoon, the GTU through Attorney Darren Wade, […]
By News Source Guyana on February 13, 2024
Education, News, Politics
The President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte today said the Union is preparing for an “indefinite” strike action, with the backing of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) and other affiliates, even as it mulls Court action in wake of the Government’s refusal to negotiate salary […]
By News Source Guyana on February 13, 2024
News, Politics
Officials from the Ministry of Labour, who are probing the death of a Venezuelan worker at the Vreed-en-hoop shore base facility construction site, visited the scene on Monday as part of their investigations. 36-year-old Venezuelan national, Rusbel Azocar, died on Saturday evening after he fell into a hole at the construction site on the artificial […]
By News Source Guyana on February 13, 2024
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
As the United Nations Security Council convened a debate today on Climate Change and its impact on food security, Guyana expressed concern over the increase in occurrences of extreme climate events and the challenges that they pose, not only to food security, but also to conflict and displacement of citizens in various parts of the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 13, 2024
News, Politics
In wake of new satellite images showing Venezuela continuing its build-up of military assets close to the border with Guyana, the US Government has indicated that it is monitoring the situation closely. At a White House press conference on Monday, White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said while there is no indication of any impending […]